It's a cult. Definitely a goddamn cult.
I'm glad restrictions are lifting in even the bluest of blue shitholes, but the fallout will last for generations. It's not just the kids growing up to be turbo autists, but it's how normies are 100% compliant with the new normal.
Even if Dr. Faucet got on MSNPC right now and told everyone to stop wearing masks because they're useless, cringe, and responsible for super-AIDS, there would still be a portion of Americans who would continue wearing them as a magical talisman of compliance or a fashion accessory...mostly women, of course.
I've seen too many Covidian cope articles at the height of WuFlu which tried to spin masks as a new fashion accessory to decorate with rhinestones and sequins, and how wearing one was a personal statement of fashion. I've also seen 30-something wine mom articles on leftoid news / opinion sites like Jezebel or HuffPo that tried to say that even when the pandemic ends, these ladies will continue wearing masks in public as a means to avoid being catcalled, to hide their faces since they're introverts, or how self-conscious women can wear them to avoid people staring, because in the real world there ain't no Snapchat filters to make your face blurry and tinted orange with cartoon hearts floating around. Hell, I've even seen these femoid articles trying to spin masking as good for trannies, because it allows them to go about their days without being misgendered by anyone who's not Stevie Wonder.
Cope, bitches, cope. You did this to yourselves.